Engineering Manager

Pragmatike

Engineering Manager leading the Compute Team responsible for the core compute platform powering backend services. Mentoring engineers while driving technical decisions and architectural direction.

Posted 7/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇱 PolandSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudEC2GoKubernetesLinuxTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of software engineers focused on compute and platform engineering
Drive architectural direction for the compute platform with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, and developer experience
Contribute hands-on to design, implementation, and optimization of core compute services (orchestration, provisioning, scaling, runtimes)
Collaborate closely with Infrastructure, Security, and Backend teams to define priorities and ensure smooth integrations
Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and technical coaching
Foster a culture of ownership, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement
Translate strategic objectives into actionable execution plans and ensure timely delivery
Influence platform evolution with pragmatic, forward-looking technical decisions
Champion best practices across software development, automation, and operational excellence

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience in software engineering, including 2+ years in a technical leadership or engineering management role
Strong expertise in cloud platforms (AWS preferred: EC2, ECS, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch)
Solid experience building distributed backend systems with Golang
Proven track record in infrastructure, platform engineering, compute orchestration, reliability, and observability
Familiarity with Kubernetes, containerization, and service mesh technologies (Istio, Envoy)
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK)
Understanding of CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar)
Strong knowledge of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, and monitoring/alerting best practices
Excellent communication and leadership skills able to guide performance, set expectations, and motivate engineers
Strong technical judgment and the ability to balance hands-on coding with people and strategic responsibilities

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote-first flexibility: Enjoy a fully remote role while aligning with the European time zone

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Hard Skills & Tools

Software EngineeringCompute OrchestrationReliability EngineeringObservabilityDistributed Systems

Soft Skills

LeadershipCommunicationMentoringPerformance ManagementTeam Building